Games Slowing using new card

[flezo83]

Hi guys; I've just bought a new vga card (Msi GTX 960 2 GB OC), my system is as follows:

CPU: Core 2 Quad q6600 2.4 ghz
MB: Gigabyte G41MT-Spt PCI Express 2.0 (ancient MB, I Know)
HDD: 500 gb + 1 TB both are green ( the 1 TB had several bad sectors and gave me several errors) ( Windows 7 Home Basic 64 bit is installed on the 500 gb HDD)
RAM: 8 GB DDR3

my problem is new games as PES 2016 and fifa 15 get slow while playing and there aren't any other applications in the background I want to know what is slowing my system is it the 1 TB HDD? or is it the processor, and if a SSD hard disk will solve my problem or not ( as windows index says that my Data transfer rate is slow and has a rating of 5.8), thanks in advance

 

[w95linux]

Check out how much of your CPU is being used while running these games, from what I think it might be your CPU

 

[BadActor]

Uninstall your graphics driver with DDU and then reinstall the latest driver from Nvidia. Also, Alt/Tab out of the game you're playing playing and check your CPU and GPU temperatures to see if you have a thermal throttling issue.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

 

[flezo83]

Check out how much of your CPU is being used while running these games, from what I think it might be your CPU

Thanks for your reply, I've checked my CPU usage and it's around 70~75%

I've checked once more and it reached 80~90%

 

[flezo83]

Check out how much of your CPU is being used while running these games, from what I think it might be your CPU

Thanks for your reply, I've checked my CPU usage and it's around 70~75%

 

[flezo83]

Uninstall your graphics driver with DDU and then reinstall the latest driver from Nvidia. Also, Alt/Tab out of the game you're playing playing and check your CPU and GPU temperatures to see if you have a thermal throttling issue.

http://www.guru3d.com/files-details/display-driver-uninstaller-download.html

Thanks for your reply, I've downloaded the latest driver from MSi site to install my VGA card, as the DVD couldn't install it...and please can you explain the link that you have sahred

 

[BadActor]

Display Driver Uninstaller completely removes all traces of the old driver so there is no potential problems when installing the new one.

 

[flezo83]

Display Driver Uninstaller completely removes all traces of the old driver so there is no potential problems when installing the new one.

yes I entered the site and read the explanation but I don't think this is the solution, as I monitored the performance of the CPU while the game is running and it records 92 and 97 % is used, so i guess its my processor, or do you have any other suggestion???

 

[BadActor]

Please clarify your question. Do the games you're playing start out OK and then start lagging after you have played them for a awhile? Or are they not playable from the start? If they start to lag after playing awhile, I would check the temps as I suggested to see if the CPU or GPU are getting hot and throttling. Your CPU usage will go up if it begins to throttle. The processor is the minimum required for FIFA, but if you've been playing it with a different graphics before, this shouldn't be the problem. Also, if you haven't updated the graphics driver, this can have an effect, too.

 

[flezo83]

Please clarify your question. Do the games you're playing start out OK and then start lagging after you have played them for a awhile? Or are they not playable from the start? If they start to lag after playing awhile, I would check the temps as I suggested to see if the CPU or GPU are getting hot and throttling. Your CPU usage will go up if it begins to throttle. The processor is the minimum required for FIFA, but if you've been playing it with a different graphics before, this shouldn't be the problem. Also, if you haven't updated the graphics driver, this can have an effect, too.

the games start well and then after a while ( about 2-5 mins of play time) get slow, and then I press Alt+Tab to open task manager and check my performance and then i found the cpu reaches 100% or 97% then go back again to the 70s%

 

[BadActor]

Sounds like classic throttling due to temps.

 

[flezo83]

Sounds like classic throttling due to temps.

ok can I eliminate it or do I have to change my processor, my MB doesn't allow CPU OC for your information, please be patient with my questions I want to solve this problem badly....